Dear all,

With Jack Mayo we are organizing a symposium on recent developments in the theory of bandit algorithms on *March 10* at the University of Amsterdam.

Bandit algorithms operate in a model for repeated decision making under limited feedback, with great diversity in applications. They are of fundamental interest in machine learning theory and operations research.

*Preliminary Schedule

* 13.30-14.00 Jack Mayo https://jackjmayo.nl/ (University of Amsterdam) Improved Algorithms for Adversarial Linear Contextual Bandits via Reduction 14:00-14.30 Wouter Koolen http://wouterkoolen.info/ (CWI and University of Twente)

Coffee Break 14:45-15.15 Julia Olkhovskaya https://sites.google.com/view/julia-olkhovskaya/home (Delft University of Technology) 15.15-15.45 Dirk van der Hoeven https://scholar.google.nl/citations?user=BKyaC-wAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao (Leiden University)

Coffee Break 16.00-17.00 Tentative: Tor Lattimore http://tor-lattimore.com/ (Google Deepmind)

Reception

*Registration

*Attendance is free, but *registration before February 28* is highly appreciated via the symposium website: www.timvanerven.nl/events/bandit-symposium2025/ https://www.timvanerven.nl/events/bandit-symposium2025/

*Directions*

The symposium will be in the main University of Amsterdam building in the Science Park in Amsterdam:

/Room A1.04 at Science Park 904/

See also Google Maps https://maps.app.goo.gl/ubiLwUuNP154z6wZ9.

When entering through the main entrance, the room will be one floor up on your left.

Best regards,

Tim